Wow. In each seasons now, there's a disaster/conflict in a country visited almost at the same time by the Race. In TAR17, they visited South Korea when there was tension between them and North Korea.In TAR 18, they were at the Japan pitstop when the earthquake/tsunami happenned.Now, in TAR19, they are coming to Thailand & Bangkok, where theres one of the biggest flood in the countrys history, with it's capital being threatened by this too.

You forgot TAR 1 with September 11, TAR6 with the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and TAR 8 with Hurricane Katrina (and poor Schroeder family)...

This time the curse worked with extreme speed. TAR 20 flew on American Airlines to Argentina over the weekend and today American Airlines filed for Bankruptcy! Not even the outrageous day of the flight ticket prices that TAR pays could save the airline.

Reading the business news stories on the filing, it appears the causes were the continuing high fuel prices and labor contracts; American is the last major U.S. carrier to file for bankruptcy reorganization to deal with both issues.That may or may not qualify for the curse, but the extreme flooding in Bangkok certainly fit the traditional definition of the curse since the flooding began there before this season's episode aired that included Bangkpk.

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"The train was full and the impact was tremendous," a passenger identified only as Ezequiel told local television, adding that medics at the scene appeared overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster.

Witnesses said the train's brakes failed as it was arriving at the Once station on the western outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Passengers were hurled on top of each other and knocked to the floor of the train "in the blink of an eye," some losing consciousness and others seriously injured, they said.

"Unfortunately, we must report that there are 49 dead in the accident," including a child, police spokesman Nestor Rodriguez told a news conference.

Civil defense officials said at least 600 people were hurt in the crash, including 200 seriously, making it among the deadliest rail accidents worldwide.

Medevac helicopters landed in the street outside the station to ferry the most seriously wounded to hospitals, as ambulances raced in and out of the area with the injured.

"There were people who were crushed and shouting desperately. I saw bodies and blood all over the place," said Alejandro Velazquez.

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner suspended a news conference on the dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands following news of the crash.

Transportation Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi said the train entered the station at a speed of 20 kilometers (12 miles) an hour, and failed to stop, crashing into a retaining wall at the end of the track.

"It was a very serious accident," he said at a news conference. "Cars piled up on top of each other and one them went six meters (yards) inside another car."

At least 30 people were trapped in the twisted wreckage of the first and second carriages, said Alberto Crescenti, the head of the city's emergency services office.

"Inside the first car there was a human wall," said a firefighter who asked not to be identified, likening the scene to that at a 1994 disco fire in which 194 people died heaped inside.

Firefighters and rescue workers had to break through skylights in the train's roofs and cut a path through the wreckage to those trapped inside.

Bodies were hauled out of the wreckage of the first car using a system pulleys, winches and belts, a police spokesman said.

The train's driver was injured but rescue workers pried him loose from the wreckage of his cabin. Local television showed images of him and several people being carried away on stretchers.

"I felt the explosion of the crash. It was very loud," said passenger Pedro Fuentes.

Another passenger, who identified herself as Myriam, said she was with her two children, aged six and four.

"In a blink of an eye we were on the floor. I don't know how we got out. The door crashed in one me, and I covered the girl."

The Sarmiento rail line, owned by private company TBA, links the center of Buenos Aires to a densely populated suburb 70 kilometers (44 miles) to the west of the city and uses rolling stock made in Japan and acquired in the 1960s.

As an investigation opened into the crash, rail workers complained about a lack of investment following the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.

An employee with the rail line's maintenance department, Monica Slotauer, said "the brakes failed and this is the result of a lack of investment."

Rail unionist Roberto Nunez also complained of "irregularities, deficiencies and a situation limited to the provision of services," speaking on Radio del Plata.

The toll from Wednesday's crash surpassed the city's last major rail disaster just five months ago when two trains and a bus collided during rush hour, killing 11 people and injuring more than 200.

The region's transit system has been plagued with serious accidents in recent years.

In March 2008, 18 people were killed and 47 injured when a bus was hit by a train in Dolores, 212 kilometers (132 miles) south of Buenos Aires.

Argentina's deadliest train tragedy was in 1970, an accident that killed 236 people in northern Buenos Aires.

"The train was full and the impact was tremendous," a passenger identified only as Ezequiel told local television, adding that medics at the scene appeared overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster.

Witnesses said the train's brakes failed as it was arriving at the Once station on the western outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Passengers were hurled on top of each other and knocked to the floor of the train "in the blink of an eye," some losing consciousness and others seriously injured, they said.

"Unfortunately, we must report that there are 49 dead in the accident," including a child, police spokesman Nestor Rodriguez told a news conference.

Civil defense officials said at least 600 people were hurt in the crash, including 200 seriously, making it among the deadliest rail accidents worldwide.

Medevac helicopters landed in the street outside the station to ferry the most seriously wounded to hospitals, as ambulances raced in and out of the area with the injured.

"There were people who were crushed and shouting desperately. I saw bodies and blood all over the place," said Alejandro Velazquez.

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner suspended a news conference on the dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands following news of the crash.

Transportation Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi said the train entered the station at a speed of 20 kilometers (12 miles) an hour, and failed to stop, crashing into a retaining wall at the end of the track.

"It was a very serious accident," he said at a news conference. "Cars piled up on top of each other and one them went six meters (yards) inside another car."

At least 30 people were trapped in the twisted wreckage of the first and second carriages, said Alberto Crescenti, the head of the city's emergency services office.

"Inside the first car there was a human wall," said a firefighter who asked not to be identified, likening the scene to that at a 1994 disco fire in which 194 people died heaped inside.

Firefighters and rescue workers had to break through skylights in the train's roofs and cut a path through the wreckage to those trapped inside.

Bodies were hauled out of the wreckage of the first car using a system pulleys, winches and belts, a police spokesman said.

The train's driver was injured but rescue workers pried him loose from the wreckage of his cabin. Local television showed images of him and several people being carried away on stretchers.

"I felt the explosion of the crash. It was very loud," said passenger Pedro Fuentes.

Another passenger, who identified herself as Myriam, said she was with her two children, aged six and four.

"In a blink of an eye we were on the floor. I don't know how we got out. The door crashed in one me, and I covered the girl."

The Sarmiento rail line, owned by private company TBA, links the center of Buenos Aires to a densely populated suburb 70 kilometers (44 miles) to the west of the city and uses rolling stock made in Japan and acquired in the 1960s.

As an investigation opened into the crash, rail workers complained about a lack of investment following the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.

An employee with the rail line's maintenance department, Monica Slotauer, said "the brakes failed and this is the result of a lack of investment."

Rail unionist Roberto Nunez also complained of "irregularities, deficiencies and a situation limited to the provision of services," speaking on Radio del Plata.

The toll from Wednesday's crash surpassed the city's last major rail disaster just five months ago when two trains and a bus collided during rush hour, killing 11 people and injuring more than 200.

The region's transit system has been plagued with serious accidents in recent years.

In March 2008, 18 people were killed and 47 injured when a bus was hit by a train in Dolores, 212 kilometers (132 miles) south of Buenos Aires.

Argentina's deadliest train tragedy was in 1970, an accident that killed 236 people in northern Buenos Aires.

First, thanks guys for the condolences .Second, the article has a data error: the disco fire who claimed the lives of 194 persons wasn't in 1994. It happened in 2004, the last time TAR had a leg near Buenos Aires (By the way, the disco was three hundreed meters of Once Station, where was the train crash).

The government of Malawi has officially confirmed the death of the country’s president, Bingu wa Mutharika. Addressing a news conference in the capital, Lilongwe, Banda said she is shocked and saddened by President Mutharika’s death.

Government officials said Mutharika suffered a heart attack on April 5 at his state house and was rushed to Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe.

Banda has said that the funeral arrangements will be announced later upon consultation among the government and members of the family.

“In the meantime I call upon Malawians to remain calm and keep peace in this time of bereavement and further direct that all national flags should be flown at half mast and that Malawi broadcasting corporation should play somber music," she said. "I also ask Malawians that we should mourn the father of this nation with dignity.”

Banda has declared 10 days of mourning. She said she is calling a Cabinet meeting to discuss funeral arrangements. The body of president Mutharika is still in South Africa.

Edited to add link to article from the Associated Press from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

FYI, a 5.0 earthquake is almost not worth mentioning, and as a 'disaster' it's a bit laughable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkaWv-iJDw4 gives a good indication of a 5.0 and as you can see, other than noise, it barely rippled the curtains. The '94 quake that hit LA causing $20 billion in damages was a 6.7, which would have been 50x as powerful as a 5.0. Imagine the camera jumping almost a foot in the air instead of a little rattle.

One month ago a tornado hit the southwest of the city of Buenos Aires and the state of Buenos Aires, killing 17 peoples. One of the neirghboorhoods affected by the tornado was Mataderos, where the Liniers cattle market of the RB of Leg 2 is.

due to my country, The Philippines will be feature on TAR Australia 2 this month, there was a TAR disaster curse that happened within the NAIA terminal 3 in Manila, and this one is now a hot topic on the social media. Last Sunday, there was a brawl between a journalist by the name of Mon Tulfo and to the local showbiz couple of Raymart Santiago and Caudine Barretto inside of that said airport terminal: http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/raymart-santiago-and-mon-tulfo--fight--at-naia-3.html

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Well, we can add Superstorm Sandy and the final city of TAR 21 to the list of places hit by the "Curse." (Remember the strict definition of a natural disaster taking place in a location used that happens between the date of filming and the date of broadcast.

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan